Elastase is an enzyme produced by the pancreas during the digestive process. Low levels of fecal elastase may mean that you have exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), also known simply as ...

Find the best ways to lower it here. When the enzymes the pancreas makes to help you digest food can’t get to your small ...

Risk for pancreatitis was not elevated among users of tirzepatide relative to placebo, despite the presence of elevated pancreatic enzymes.

Israeli and American researchers uncovered the role of a specific enzyme in managing blood sugar levels in a study that opens up new therapeutic possibilities for people with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 ...

An enzyme called MICAL2 promotes tumor growth and metastasis in the most common form of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.

New study shows that the gene G6PC2 plays an important role in regulating glucagon, a hormone that raises blood sugar levels.

Recent advances in pancreatic cancer detection are offering hope, with new techniques and technologies aiming to identify the ...

Pancreatic cancer ... those with low MICAL2 expression in their tumor cells survived about twice as long as those whose tumor cells produced more of the enzyme, suggesting that MICAL2 may be ...

Over time, this leads to scarring (fibrosis), which reduces the pancreas' ability to produce enzymes and hormones ... In severe cases dehydration and low blood pressure can also occur.

The siblings now take pancreatic enzymes to help them break down their food and were given pumps to help their bodies produce insulin in the aftermath of the surgery. "I'm only on a very low ...